[Pretty Boy Top, Handsome Older Bottom]
(A no-frills, deadpan version):
Take a look at this young guy, stranded on a deserted planet, getting casually rescued and brought home by his archenemy, an older man.
The moment he gets home with the man, he overhears him telling someone that he's his child bridegroom.
The young guy refuses to accept it, so he starts acting out and bullying the older man at every opportunity.
But the older man doesn't get angry. Instead, he indulges him until he gets even more arrogant and unruly.
Then, just as the young guy comes of age, a crowd of suitors blocks the entrance to his home.
He never expected the older man to come home early.
Now the young guy is in for it...
Mu Yao is the only lamb beastman in a carnivorous family. Thanks to his doting parents, he grew up safe and sound until he was almost three. But when his family got caught up in a conflict, he was separated from his parents and older brother and left stranded on a deserted planet.
Just as he was about to cry himself dry in some ruins, the archenemy he had heard about only from his clan leaped down from the sky and opened his enormous jaws toward him...
And so the filthy, pitiful little lamb was carried off by an evil leopard. He couldn't escape, and every day the leopard marked him with a tongue covered in barbs, forcing him to eat a whole pile of disgusting food. QwQ
Lamb, danger!
The terrifying leopard must be planning to fatten him up and eat him in one bite!
After spending more than ten years cautiously throwing his weight around in the leopard's territory, Mu Yao finally realized the truth as he lay across the man's firm pecs, whining and acting coy.
It turned out the leopard was the one who had been prepared as his "emergency rations" all along.
[Highlights]
1. The little lamb is called "emergency rations," but is really a pretty, pampered brat and a little tyrant who throws his weight around. The big leopard is called an archenemy and predator, but is really a good uncle, the ultimate protector, and an automatic sleep-inducing cuddle pillow.
2. A Valais Blacknose sheep who gets pinker and prettier as he grows up versus a muscular, lanky Persian leopard. The top is doted on (very doted on!), with an age-gap dynamic: the top is younger and the bottom is bigger.
3. Raising a cub in the first part; later, the little lamb tops the big leopard. Interstellar beastworld setting, with lots of original worldbuilding. Please bear with me.
Theme: You never lack the courage to face difficulties head-on. Doubt and insults are a song in praise of courage.